Hello Thursday or is it Goodbye Thursday. It has been one busy day!

I was bound and determined to get my hybrid album finished for the February Portfolio challenges over at the Sweet Shoppe forum. And YaYYYYY!!! I did get it finished between all the madness of physical therapy and my grandfather demanding my attention. I fell in love with these ribbons when I saw them at Hobby Lobby. They just scream HAPPY! I just adore all these bright colors.

And here is my finished album. I gave it to Shaina for her to have a keepsake and I will just do a LO for my scrapbook. I mentioned to her that we will do this again about this time next year. I think it will be a great way to see how things change with her over time.

Supplies Used:

Pop Rock Kit by Melissa Bennett

Pea Mystie Unicase Font

Ribbon Scrap Pack (Bright) by The Paper Studio

1 inch album rings by The Paper Studio

4x6 page protectors from an S.E.I. preservation album

Thanx for peekin in!

Balinda

What I thought was going to be a busy week with dr.'s appts. has turned out t be a big bust.

I make arrangements for my hubby to take DD to school Tuesday morning so I won't be late for the VA appt. with my Grandfather and low and behold...30 mins after being on the road they call my cell telling me his appt. has been cancelled. Reason->the dr. he was going to see was not going to be in that day. I am left thinking, well why did you schedule appts. for that day. Same day...different dr.....get a call for his Thursday appt. to be rescheduled. I have yet to do that. Reason...dr. won't be in the office. Again, I ask myself...why schedule appts. that day?

Physcial therapy was working around our schedule.....so they call to come out this afternoon between 3 and 4...At 3:30....get a call...can they come tomorrow and Friday? Really..what am I going to say? NO?

I love my Papaw but I am seeing that this living arrangement is not going to work out long term. I am already exhausted and he has only been back here for about 5 weeks. My DD is stressed to the gills because he wanders about at night, so I am sleeping with her alot. This is not doing anything good in the hubby department. He is being very understanding but I can see his patience wearing very thin. In the meantime...I gotta figure something else out. Please pray for us that God sends us on the correct path.

Here is my Day 51 photo. I was playing around with the manual settings on my camera and the only semi-willing subject was Izzy.

Day 52

This is why we use Brita water pitchers for our drinking water. We are looking into some sort of water filter for the whole house. It's impossible to keep our white's white even after spending a fortune in stain removers etc. I have been using those new Tide stainlifters in the wash when I do any other than jeans or very dark clothes but that is getting a bit expensive.

Day 53

Ghost is trying to sit his fat hiney into a tiny basket. I guess that's no different than me hanging onto jeans that don't fit my fat hiney. =0
Day 54
Sad but happy day. Shaina's last day of being 13. I just wanna keep her little forever.

It's Friday again. Sometimes I wonder how the week goes by so fast. Especially the weeks that you get to have some down time. Shaina was out for winter break this whole week so that saved me not having to get up until 7ish. I was a good Mama and let my little teenager sleep till the crack of noon a few of the days this week. I suppose I might indulge her a little too much for that but I never got to sleep like that when I was a kid. My parents firmly believed if the sun was up, then so should you.

Wednesday ended up being a bigger day than I first thought it would be. Neal, the physical therapist, came by to see my Papaw. He adjusted his new walker for him and tested his strength in his legs. All in all for 88 my grandfather is doing good but Neal said he could possibly come by twice a week for at least 3 weeks to show him better ways to move about and to help him excercise a little. He refuses every attempt I make to do excercises with him. While PT was here my Mama stopped by to see me and my friend Ebeth came for a quick visit that ended up with her staying for supper. While she was here we downloaded AVG on her laptop since she didn't have the funds to reactivate her Norton. She has a hard time doing it at her house since all that is available for her is dialup or satellite if she wants to go that route.

In between trying to play hostess to my company, I had to get my grandfather into bed. After 5 minutes being there he fell out of it and hit the nightstand beside his bed. So we ended up moving the nightstand, moving the bed to fit into a corner of the room that is closest to his bathroom. To make it fit we had to take the headboard off the bed and the door off the bathroom. The two rooms are connected. By then me and the hubby was pretty much worn out. The whole time we were doing this my DD and friend kept my grandfather entertained and out of our way.

Thursday was supposed to be an appointment at the VA Hospitol for the podiatrist only we didn't make it. Papaw had an accident and didn't make it to the bathroom in time so we had to turn around and come home for a change of clothes and a bath. I was able to reschedule for next Tuesday. The lady I spoke to was a real sweetheart and very understanding.

I snuck into my daughter's room while she was coloring and grabbed this photo for

Day 48.

Shaina loves horses. Here is a small part of her horse figurines for Day 49.
My friend Ebeth suprised me today with a pineapple upside-down cake for late bday pressie.
She is such a sweetheart.

Today is my birthday. Happy Birthday to ME! I guess when your not a kid it gets to be just another day. My friend Ebeth's birthday was on the 7th and we celebrated during our superbowl get together and my Grandfather's birthday was on the 15th. I made sure to get him a chocolate cake for it as it's his favorite. And to prove that point, he ate 2 HUGE pieces of it. Here is our photo from that event...Day 45. I think in years to come this will be a cherished one because I am the first grandchild and my son, Christopher, is the first Great Grandchild. And then to have a photo of me and both my childeren with my Grandfather...well..that's just priceless. It just breaks my heart though not to still have my Grandmother around to see my children grow.

Day 46

Ricky gave me my Birthday present early. He did very well this year.

This will be my backup to my EDH I use everyday. I learned a hard lesson awhile back when one crashed on me and I lost a large portion of my scrapkits.

Day 47

Meet Izzy. She was the most playful kitten ever. When our male cats were born she instantly switched over to being in a bad mood and has been there ever since. You can pet her but she is not the lap kitty she used to be. We feed her and she graces us with her presence.